#!/usr/bin/python # Filename: str_methods.py

name = 'Swaroop' # This is a string object

if name.startswith('Swa'): 
	print 'Yes, the string starts with "Swa"'

if 'a' in name: 
	print 'Yes, it contains the string "a"'

if name.find('war') != -1: 
	print 'Yes, it contains the string "war"'

delimiter = '_*_' 
mylist = ['Brazil', 'Russia', 'India', 'China'] 
print delimiter.join(mylist)